PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-631

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 631

JUNE 2005
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-631 - Page 29 of 33
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If you’re using both sun screen and DEET, apply the sun screen first. Wait 30
minutes so it can bind to the skin. Then apply the DEET.
•
Never wear after shave, cologne, perfume or
scented deodorants or soaps while you’re in the
field. They attract insects.
•
Never dry-clean a permethrin-treated
uniform. Dry-cleaning solvents will
completely remove the permethrin. It’s
okay, though, to commercially launder
and press a treated uniform.
•
If you’re using both DEET and cam-
ouflage face paint, always apply the
DEET first. Then apply the paint.
Camouflage face paint that has
DEET in it is now available. Get it with
•
Never wear unauthorized products—
such as animal flea and tick collars—for
personal protection. They’ll protect
Rover but not you, and they may even
be hazardous to your health.
•
Each day, wash and inspect your
body for insects and their bites. Use the
buddy system to check your clothing
for crawling pests such as ticks. Wash
your uniform regularly to remove
insects and their eggs.
•
Cover as much of your
skin with clothing as pos-
sible. Wear the BDU top
with the sleeves rolled
down. Close all openings
in your clothing. Tuck
your undershirt inside
your pants, and your
pants inside your boots.
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Protect yourself while sleeping. Get insect netting, NSN 7210-00-266-9736, that
you can hang over an insect bar frame, NSN 7210-00-267-5641. Drape the netting
over you so that there are no openings. Tuck the edges of the net under your cot,
mattress pad or sleeping bag.
A self-supporting pop-up bed netting is now available. NSN 3740-01-516-4415
brings an olive drab net. NSN 3740-01-518-7310 brings a coyote brown net. The
new net has smaller mesh than the old one. It’s also factory-treated with perme-
thrin, and it doesn’t need a separate frame.
Put netting between you and insects
however, Sand flies are
tiny
and they can crawl through
the mesh of the netting.
That’s why
you must spray
the
outside
surface of the
netting with
permethrin.
For more information, go to the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and
Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM) website at:
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil
/
Once there, click on Leishmaniasis.
The USACHPPM website also has information about insect repellents.
From the home page, click on DOD Insect Repellent System.
it’s OK
to use
me!
631.54-55(C)
4/29/05
2:00 PM
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